Art Wall at the Axe Bar
The Axe Bar at R1 Indoor Karting is looking for local artists to participate in our Art Wall, sponsored by Motif Magazine. Two-dimensional art of all media is welcome. The […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Parties Connected to Virus Spread: A summary of the governor’s July 29 press conference
Governor Gina Raimondo, DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott and RIDE Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green gave the COVID-19 press briefing today at 1pm. First today’s COVID data: The governor announced a total […]
Get Out!: PVDFest announces a Downcity scavenger hunt
PVDFest has joined the ranks of organizations stepping up to entertain and delight cooped-up locals despite the changes social distancing has forced. This certainly isn’t the summer for the throngs […]
Supporting Portland: Protesters gathered in PVD Saturday night
Protesters gathered in front of the Providence Public Safety Complex on Saturday night, with law enforcement in riot gear standing a block away. One hundred and fifty mostly young people […]
Advice with Spyce: Texting relationships and condom free in corona
Dear Spyce, I met this guy online and we immediately hit it off. We exchanged numbers and started texting, pretty quickly getting to the point where we were texting all […]
Governor Raimondo Announces Weekly Forum on School Reopenings: A summary of the governor’s June 22 press conference
Governor Gina Raimondo, DoH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott and RIDE Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green gave the weekly COVID press conference today at 1pm. The governor today began with COVID data. Since […]
Bad Hair Day: Are magazines in salons dangerous?
On July 8, we sent out the first printed issue of Motif since April 1, a hiatus of three months. The world changed: On April 1 at least half of […]
La Piazza
To help Federal Hill restaurants survive capacity restrictions placed to keep diners and restaurant workers healthy, the Federal Hill Commerce Association will close two sections of Atwells Avenue on Fridays […]
A Surge in Activism: Activist groups help white people show up the right way
In the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Elijah McClain, we saw many more white people showing up in the streets in solidarity with […]
Something Stinks: ecoRI’s environmental news roundup
Racist Remarks Sink Raimondo’s DEM Nominee Gov. Gina Raimondo’s nominee for an important post that offers a $130,692 salary for settling disputed permits and penalties had little environmental law experience […]